COLL: Metro adds 8 more trains to manage passenger rushes

Kolkata: With the number of passenger counts crossing 2 lakh, Metro Railway has decided to add eight more trains from Friday and reduce service frequency from 6 minutes to 5 minutes.
Toi reported last Saturday that more trains would be added since the operator had violated 2 passenger lakh since the return of service on July 16.
North-South Corridor, which is a city transportation route, has taken four months to reach a milestone on January 24 on January 24 this year, with 240 services, after the return of service after the first wave.
On the second task, the metro managed to score a sign of 2 lakh in just three weeks, with 20 less services.
From Friday, 228 services will run, with 114 trains in each direction.
The peak interval will be 5 minutes.
The service will begin at 7:30 a.m.
as usual and end at 9pm.
The last train from Kavi Subhas and Dum Dum will pass at 8pm.
The last train from Dakshineswar Station will be 7.48 a night.
Between Kavi Subhas and Dum Dum, there will be 150 services, with 75 trains in each direction.
As per orders the state government, the metro is only allowed to ply from Monday to Friday after restarting after the second covid break 61 days.
On Saturday, Metro Railway has run 104 special train staff for important workers from various sectors.
But there is no train on Sunday.
Commuter can only rise with a smart card.
Tokens are still not issued because of a pandemic.
Metro has become the main means of transportation with many buses from the road.
This is also the cheapest.
Someone can travel 32 km from Dakshineswar to Kavi Subhas for RS 25.
“By skyrocketing the price of fuel, I have stopped using my car to travel to my park’s street office since the Metro is back on July 16,” said Bolan Sengupta, Weambazar Resident and Shyambazar .
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When the operator resumed the operation on September 14 Post Lockdown, around 20,000 took the Metro.
But the number of passengers has been high since day 1 posted a second wave, pushing the metro to run 220 trains from the second working day and extend operating hours.
Ridership jumped from 1.2 lakh to 1.7 lakh in the first seven days.
The possibility of going up further in a few days and the upcoming metro may be steadily turned towards the pre-pandemic fleet 228 services.